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3. Placing Unadoptable Children

3. Placing Unadoptable Children M. MILLS February, 1967 is unadoptable in this sense do we always let well-selected homes. The hard-to-place may get her? Do we allow her to institutionalise him? visas only to a child welfare establishment or It is difficult in fact, isn't it, to consider adop- to a mental hospital. First and last we must decide what is meant by "unadoptable"; we tion in isolation? We are forced into a con- must decide this, and then together, please sideration of institutional care and foster care. heaven, we can battle for every child to have a In these days the easy-to-place children proper primary relationship. should have no difficulty getting a passport into B. VAUGHAN Theoretically the unadoptable baby does not "The only certain method of ruling out the exist. All babies are adoptable if we can find effects of heredity is by comparing identical adopting parents willing to accept them with twins. There are no human twin studies of the whatever handicap or potential handicap they problem but one psychologist is doing experi- possess. mental work on twin goat kids, one of which is separated from its mother for a brief spell Every child has a right to "parents". By http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

3. Placing Unadoptable Children

Vaughan, B.
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 20 (1): 4 – Feb 1, 1967
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3. Placing Unadoptable Children

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M. MILLS February, 1967 is unadoptable in this sense do we always let well-selected homes. The hard-to-place may get her? Do we allow her to institutionalise him? visas only to a child welfare establishment or It is difficult in fact, isn't it, to consider adop- to a mental hospital. First and last we must decide what is meant by "unadoptable"; we tion in isolation? We are forced into a con- must decide this, and then together, please sideration of institutional care and foster...
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Abstract

M. MILLS February, 1967 is unadoptable in this sense do we always let well-selected homes. The hard-to-place may get her? Do we allow her to institutionalise him? visas only to a child welfare establishment or It is difficult in fact, isn't it, to consider adop- to a mental hospital. First and last we must decide what is meant by "unadoptable"; we tion in isolation? We are forced into a con- must decide this, and then together, please sideration of institutional care and foster care. heaven, we can battle for every child to have a In these days the easy-to-place children proper primary relationship. should have no difficulty getting a passport into B. VAUGHAN Theoretically the unadoptable baby does not "The only certain method of ruling out the exist. All babies are adoptable if we can find effects of heredity is by comparing identical adopting parents willing to accept them with twins. There are no human twin studies of the whatever handicap or potential handicap they problem but one psychologist is doing experi- possess. mental work on twin goat kids, one of which is separated from its mother for a brief spell Every child has a right to "parents". By

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Feb 1, 1967

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